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Sunday, May 15, 2011

The dream symbol of labyrinth: Process of Growth

Every Thursday, I look forward to participate in “Dream Work” group at JFKU.  In this group, we share each dream and exercise various dream works.  This group and members (my friends) are so fascinating for me. 

I have to protect the confidentiality of information shared in this group, so I can’t write about other members’ things, but I can share my dream.

Last week, I had an interesting dream.  In my dream, I lost my way in a labyrinth…  In the beginning, I was walking uneasily in a labyrinth.  While walking, suddenly, I heard a song from somewhere… The song was “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43” by Sergei Rachmaninoff.  This is a most favorite song for me.  I felt relieved and continued to walking in a labyrinth listening to this song.

After walking some more, I came to a fork in a labyrinth.  I chose one way but I was not sure about this decision…  Here again, I heard another song from somewhere…  The song was “Requiem K.626 Dies irae” by Mozart!!!  Of course, I highly respect the world view of this song, but I don’t like this song too much.  I feel fearful to listen to this song…  This dream ended here.

Later, by coincidence, I found the description about the symbol of labyrinth in “A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy: Complexity, Integration, and Spirituality in Practice (Suny Series in Integral Theory).”  This book says that labyrinth expresses the process of human growth (p.64).  Umm, now, I’m in a process of growth?  Maybe not human growth but my English growth, hahaha.

Reference:A Guide to Integral Psychotherapy: Complexity, Integration, and Spirituality in Practice (Suny Series in Integral Theory)